ANTIQUE MOSANIC RIFLES MARK CHINA SOUVENIR PITCHER SOUTHEND PIER UK GERMANY

Description

Up for sale is this antique turn of the century souvenir china pitcher showing The "Southend Pier" on the front. It has the Mosanic Max Emanuel & co. three stacked rifles  mark used from 1895-1917 and sold in London.  Made in Germany it measures 5" tall by 2 1/2" across the opening and 4" wide counting handle. "The Southend Pier is a major landmark in Southend-on-Sea England. Extending 1.33 miles (2.14 km) into the Thames Estuary, it is the longest pleasure pier in the world. The bill to build the new pier, to replace a previous timber jetty, received Royal Assent in May 1829 with construction starting in July 1829. The timber pier was replaced by an iron pier that opened to the public in August 1889. The Southend Pier Railway, opened in the early 1890s, was the first pier railway in the country.
The pier played a role through both of the world wars, such as during World War I when ships housing German prisoners of war were moored off the pierhead. In the Second World War, the pier was taken over by the Royal Navy and was renamed HMS Leigh, closing to the public in September 1939. The pier has experienced several fires, notably in 1959, 1976, 1995 and 2005, with the latter causing significant damage to the old pierhead and surrounding structures. Sir John Betjeman, English poet and broadcaster, once said that "the Pier is Southend, Southend is the Pier". The pier is a Grade II listed building."
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